What Services Does Your Outwood Locksmith Provide?

Do You Have Another Key In Case You Are Locked Out?

There is a popular misconception about locksmiths in Outwood. Many people think that if they lose their keys then the local Locksmith can come to their location, look at the lock, make a mould somehow and then produce a new key. Unfortunately, this is just not the case. If you lose your keys and you don’t have a spare, then the only option that the Outwood locksmith has is to replace the lock. This is where the real cost comes in for a locksmiths services, you are not only paying them for their time and labor, you are also paying for the products that they use to replace your lock.

In most cases locksmiths will carry around everything they need to service their customers. This means that their trucks or cars have replacement deadbolts, doorknobs and even key columns for your car. There may be some occasions that they do not have the necessary items to replace a lock, but overall they will have everything that they need. This does not mean that you have to use them to replace the locks. You can have them remove the old lock and you can do the rest if you like. However, if you aren’t handy, this isn’t recommended.

Now, if you are in a situation where you have broken your key in your lock, then this might be a salvageable situation. Most Wakefield Locksmiths can piece together a broken key and make a new key from the broken one. However, the condition of the key is important. If you break the key and there are several pieces and some are slivers, then even the best locksmiths may not be able to do anything with it.

Bent keys are also able to be copied by Mobile Locksmiths. However, in most cases you can take a bent key into a locksmith shop rather than calling a locksmith to you. This depends, of course, on whether the bent key is for your transportation. It is important for you to not attempt to straighten the key yourself as you may end up breaking it or causing enough damage to it to prevent a copy from being made.

Locksmith Jobs in California - Are the Thief's Making Better Wages?

The price of residential evictions has been steadily increasing over the past ten years. But don't blame the lawyers. Our fees have stayed the same; all of the other associated costs have been growing up around us like weeds.

The total "cost" of an eviction is composed of two elements: the attorney's fee and essential litigation costs paid to third parties for such things as filing fees, service of process, and lock-out charges. Right off the bat, you'll have to incur charges for the court's filing fee and the process server's charge for serving the lawsuit on the tenant or tenants.

The current filing fee for an eviction case, in California for example, is $220.00 if the rent owed is $10,000 or less. Most residential evictions fit into that category. If the rent owed is over $10,000.00 but less than $25,000.00, the filing fee goes up to $345.00. If the rent owed exceeds $25,000.00 (hopefully, you'll never be in such a situation), the filing fee increases to $355.00.

The cost of service of process depends upon the number of known adult occupants living at the premises. Every known adult occupant must be named in the lawsuit and served with it regardless of whether he signed, or is listed as a tenant on, the lease. In a typical case where there are two known adult occupants (the husband and wife or unmarried couple), you can expect the process serving charges to total $140.00. Therefore, in the most common case (rent amount $10,000.00 or less, two known adult occupants), the filing fee and service of process charges will total $360.00.

One digression at this point, you may have come across advertisements-usually from non-lawyer eviction companies although some attorneys also do it- offering "low-cost evictions" for "$199.00" or some other ridiculously low number. Such advertising is misleading. An eviction, using California as an example again, cannot be done for that amount. The filing fee alone is more. Look closely at the advertisement and you'll see the words "plus costs". When you add in the costs, the "low cost" eviction jumps up to over $700.00.

Worse, since eviction companies aren't lawyers, if the tenant contests and trial is necessary, you'll have to hire a lawyer or use the one that the eviction company provides at an additional cost. In such instance, the price of the "low cost" eviction increases to around $900.00, about the same that you'd have to pay to retain a lawyer from the start.

Additionally, look carefully at what services the eviction company provides for the supposed "low-cost." Often times, the only service that the eviction company provides is to start the case, i.e., to do the initial filing. If the tenant then contests, you're on your own. With some eviction companies, they don't even handle the default if the tenant doesn't contest. In either event, you'll have to hire a lawyer at additional expense.

Back to cost. After you win you're case, you'll have to enforce your judgment with a lock-out. A lock-out is when the sheriff goes to the premises and physically removes the tenant and restores possession to the landlord. In California for example, the cost of a lock-out is $150.00 for the sheriff's charge and the writ of possession. Thus, for a typical eviction case, the costs for filing fees, service of process and lock-out will generally run around $510.00. That amount can be higher depending upon the number of adult occupants or the past due rent.

Last, but not least, is the small matter of the fee to be paid to the hard working attorney. Most attorney's fees, for uncontested cases, is less than the costs. In San Diego where I practice, you can expect to pay, generally speaking, around $400.00 flat rate for attorney's fees in an uncontested case and an additional $300.00 for attorney's fees if a trial is necessary. Some attorneys will not do a flat-rate fee for evictions after foreclosure, eviction of Section 8 tenants, eviction for a reason other than non-payment of rent or lease expiration, or cases where the tenant is represented by a lawyer. In such instances, the lawyer will charge by the hour. In San Diego, for example, the hourly rate for eviction attorneys varies between $200.00 and $300.00 per hour depending upon the lawyer's experience and level of expertise.

Most eviction cases are for the non-payment of rent, the tenants are unrepresented, the amount in controversy is under $10,000.00, there are two adult occupants, and either no trial occurs or there is a trial but the tenant does not have a lawyer. In such a case, you should expect to pay between $800.00 and $1,100.00 total for costs and attorney's fees to take the eviction case all the way through judgment and lock-out.

The Profession of the Locksmith

Many people are under the impression that the job of the locksmith is just confined to designing locks and breaking it open or making duplicate keys for us if we lose our originals. However, this image is totally wrong. It's true that the locksmiths perform these jobs, but apart from these, there are a lot of places where a locksmith can work or that demand the skills of locksmiths. Some of the places where a locksmith can have promising future are, locksmith shops, hardware and department store, large industrial plants, safe and lock manufactures and also for themselves. This article tells in details the type of opportunities available to a locksmith.

It's true that most of the locksmiths open up their own businesses and become self employed. They then offer services like re-keying the homes, acting as security consultants for home, changing the locks of the homes, keeping the security of the home up-to-date, helping you when you are locked out of your own car or home and along with this all, some locksmiths may also begin mobile services which will come to help you anytime you call them. Along with all that they offer 24 hours services seven days a week. Apart from choosing this option, the locksmiths can work in car dealerships. Car dealerships have to constantly change locks to ensure the car safety, so locksmiths can change these locks for them or design new and better locks for the cars increasing the security of the car and reducing the risk of theft.

Next there are opportunities for the locksmiths in the construction companies. Like they may be asked to re-key the home, or install a new security system or have the house installed with the latest locks etc. moreover, these locksmiths may be asked to pick locks on a old renovation or design new locks and master keys for new homes. Then there are locksmiths who work in the retails stores which sell home or office security equipments. The role of the locksmith there is to hear the problem of the customer and recommend him the equipment which he can solve his problem. The things that are usually sold at these shops are, padlocks, or producing duplicate keys, selling safes, or selling lock picking tools the authorized person.

Along with all this, some locksmiths work for companies who make safes. The locksmiths there are used to design the new locks and safe which are theft proof so that the goods stored inside the safe is properly protected. Moreover, they also repair the locks on the old safes or the new ones when a customer complains. They also change the locks or open the safe if the key has been lost by the person. They are also used by fire and police department to open the lock door of the home or office in a case of emergency or if police needs to break in a home without a mess and look around for some evidence. So it could be easily said that there are a lot of opportunities for the locksmiths and their job isn't dull at all.